05-11-2021, 01:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-11-2021, 01:59 PM by HanspardsShowerVoice.)
(05-11-2021, 11:35 AM)mvossman Wrote: Is it not working? Our most used lineup by far is KP/Kleber/Luka/DFS/JRich, our 5 out starting lineup. That lineup has a offensive rating of 123.7 and a net 12.6. That is dominate. I'm not sure why that is not working? The biggest problem this year is that we have only had 22 games where all of those guys are healthy. We don't have a big enough sample yet to really know what we have with that group, but the early returns seem pretty good so far.
Yeah, and the thing is I think being overly PnR dependent in the regular season works very well when teams aren't really gameplanning on how to defend it or youre facing a lot of bad players on bad teams on 2nd units who are defensively clueless, but it comes back to haunt you in the playoffs. It works because it's simple and easy to execute, particularly since it only really involves two players. Guys like Sweet Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell have won 6th man of the year awards as efficiency monsters in the PnR in the regular season, but then the playoffs roll around and they're almost unplayable. So mark me down as a skeptic that just ditching the 5 out and going all in PnR is going to get us where we ultimately want to go.
(05-11-2021, 11:24 AM)StepBackJay Wrote: Who would Mavs pair with Collins, would it need to be another stretch 5? This part I am fuzzy on. Collins can shoot outside but he also rolls a lot so seems like you would want a Maxi or Thad Young type next to him. There aren't a lot of guys I can picture that are great fits next to Collins. Maybe Myles Turner, that's about it. If I could get Turner + Collins in a multi-team trade I would definitely be interested but that too seems like a longshot.
I think the difficulty in pairing up Collins with a backcourt mate is really no small part of the reason why the Hawks haven't been to eager to lock him up. He has absolutely no rim protection defense, so that's where I think you have to start (Capella might actually a pretty ideal complement). Then by the time you run down the list of items you need to find to complement the things Collins doesn't do well, you're asking yourself why you are paying this guy $28 milliion.